Food Lion founder Ralph Ketner passes away

Ralph Ketner, a co-founder for the company that became known as Food Lion, passed away May 29 at the age of 95, according to the Salisbury Post. He had been diagnosed with colon cancer earlier in the year.

Service for the World War II veteran will be held June 5 in Salisbury, NC. Ketner co-founded Food Town in 1957 with his brother, Brown Ketner, and friend, Wilson Smith.